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> Because the world is a complex place and the truth is often subjective. This statement is misleading and ultimately false. Truth is either subjective (as you
by atmosx 13y ago
> Because the world is a complex place and the truth is often subjective.
This statement is misleading and ultimately false. Truth is either subjective (as you seem to believe) or objective. I believe the later.
Here is an interesting dialog on the subject. It's old but shows a point:
# IS TRUTH RELATIVE?
Protagoras: Truth is relative. It is only a matter of opinion.
Socrates: You mean that truth is mere subjective opinion?
Protagoras: Exactly. What is true for you is true for you, and what is true for me, is true for me. Truth is subjective.
Socrates: Do you really mean that? That my opinion is true by virtue of its being my opinion?
Protagoras: Indeed I do.
Scorates: My opinion is: Truth is absolute, not opinion, and that you, Mr. Protagoras, are absolutely in error. Since this is my opinion, then you must grant that it is true according to your philosophy.
Protagoras: You are quite correct, Socrates.
Now imagine if we all took everyone's opinion as an absolute truth... Mathematician's have a hard time accepting that Riemman was right and still refer to his conjecture as a Hypothesis, after a trillion (or more?) 0s on the same line, it's still a hypothesis!!!
- gaius 13y agoYou are being deliberately obtuse. News reporting is rarely about scientific proofs, it is about the actions and decisions of people and the motives behind them, and the context in which these things happen. These things are subjective and open to interpretation. Economics, politics, etc are not sciences and there is no "absolute truth" to be found therein.